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michael in new york. >> caller: hi, jim. i enjoy the show, thank you for helping me make money for my family. >> my pleasure. thank you for saying that to me. >> caller: i have two questions. they're somewhat related. what do you gain by getting a dividend if the share price goes down by the amount of the dividend and then you have to pay taxes to the dividend, and isn't comparing dividend stocks to a yield not a apples to apples comparison because of the greatest risk of losing your risk with stock as compared to the ten-year? >> let's get empirical, what stocks have outperformed for the last 20 or 30 years? stocks that pay good dividends. that's reinvested dividend. i'm getting this from jeremy seagal's work. go read his book and you will know exactly why i think dividends are so important. a pullback can be the market giving back. i like stocks that have pulled back from the new high list between 5% and 8%. do the homework. don't chase momentum, it's a starting point, not an ending point. "mad money" will be right back. >
michael in new york. >> caller: hi, jim. i enjoy the show, thank you for helping me make money for my family. >> my pleasure. thank you for saying that to me. >> caller: i have two questions. they're somewhat related. what do you gain by getting a dividend if the share price goes down by the amount of the dividend and then you have to pay taxes to the dividend, and isn't comparing dividend stocks to a yield not a apples to apples comparison because of the greatest risk of...
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>> caller: hi, jim, a big desert booyah to you. first of all, i want to thank you for the second half of last year, recommending home gamers to switch to big high quality stocks paying big dividends, felt better in the crazy time. >> yes, particularly when the market was down by 19% and we did not hit much at all with the strategy. >> caller: no they were great stocks. from calculating the peg growth, is it current year divided by prior year? >> yeah, future year estimates, you know, you i look at the step function, last year, this year, and next year, and it's between this year and next year that i care most about. what i do, frankly, just so you know, i do use the street estimates to try to calculate what the peg ratio is. with the exception of a couple stocks like apple over the course of the last few years i'm satisfied using street estimates as a way to go. an up side surprise can lead you to a major down side, don't believe the hype. check the sales before you check the earnings to be sure it's a real and not manufactured sur
>> caller: hi, jim, a big desert booyah to you. first of all, i want to thank you for the second half of last year, recommending home gamers to switch to big high quality stocks paying big dividends, felt better in the crazy time. >> yes, particularly when the market was down by 19% and we did not hit much at all with the strategy. >> caller: no they were great stocks. from calculating the peg growth, is it current year divided by prior year? >> yeah, future year...
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cramer, send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. miss something? head to madmoney .cnbc.com. >>> let's talk the price is right. no, not the game show with bob barker. i'm talking about the stocks. if you want to make money from your stocks, it's critical that i buy them at the right price. that's true whether you're making short-term trade or purchasing something that if everything goes right you expect to hold for years and years. the price still matters. when you pay too of for a stack, you make it vastly more difficult to rack up the kind of gains you and i want, the kind you can't get enough of here on "man money." if you get the price wrong, you my not make anything at all. so how do you find the best price to pull the trigger given how important i think it is? when you're investing for the long haul, you have one huge van, a resource traders don't have the luxury of exploiting. i'm talking about time. as the longer term investor, you've got all the time in the world. when you want to buy a stock because you like the underlying
cramer, send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com. miss something? head to madmoney .cnbc.com. >>> let's talk the price is right. no, not the game show with bob barker. i'm talking about the stocks. if you want to make money from your stocks, it's critical that i buy them at the right price. that's true whether you're making short-term trade or purchasing something that if everything goes right you expect to hold for years and years. the price still matters. when you pay too of for a...
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tom in california, please, tom. >> caller: hi, jim. from sunny warm san diego, america's finest city. >> i like the dads. >> caller: i'm a financial adviser and longtime viewer who appreciates what you do to educate and motivate investors. >> thank you. >> caller: i'm wondering if you would share your objective criteria are for investors to use in determining best of breed. thank you. >> well, i've got to tell you, best of breed, start with record dividends and then i go to how a company has done and consistently in good and bad times, and, yes, for best of breed i actually look at the product itself. is the product something i want to use, a bank i want to go to? is it, to use the danny meyer phrase, a great restauranteur, is it the one that's most hospitable to shareholders? anyway, new diversification. it's important. it's what we're preaching tonight. make sure your portfolio is home to some gold, a high yielder, okay. you need a growth stock. you know what, a spec, and then you need geographically safe area for one of them. i'll t
tom in california, please, tom. >> caller: hi, jim. from sunny warm san diego, america's finest city. >> i like the dads. >> caller: i'm a financial adviser and longtime viewer who appreciates what you do to educate and motivate investors. >> thank you. >> caller: i'm wondering if you would share your objective criteria are for investors to use in determining best of breed. thank you. >> well, i've got to tell you, best of breed, start with record dividends...
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. >> caller: hi, jim. for a beginning investor new to the stock market, would you advise shorting stock? and could you explain how one would make money trading in that manner? >> no, i do not advise shorting stock. losses can be infinite. i would prefer you to buy puts and you protect your upside sales call. and you protect your down side, and go back to getting even. i describe in 100 pages how it's better to buy puts. we know the key things to look for. great stocks to buy, insider buying is one of them, particularly when there is a heavy short position. that can often be a combustible situation that can explode to the upside. stay with cramer. >>> nobody is more passionate about the market than i am. nobody in the whole country. >> i want to thank you. have you saved my retirement. >> you are why i come out here and do this show. thank you so much. >> the stuff that are you doing for all of us, is so important. i want to say thank you. >> my husband and i watch every day, and we count on your help for s
. >> caller: hi, jim. for a beginning investor new to the stock market, would you advise shorting stock? and could you explain how one would make money trading in that manner? >> no, i do not advise shorting stock. losses can be infinite. i would prefer you to buy puts and you protect your upside sales call. and you protect your down side, and go back to getting even. i describe in 100 pages how it's better to buy puts. we know the key things to look for. great stocks to buy,...
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>> well weeks have a broad portfolio of items, jim. one of the ones i know you mentioned on your past shows, holy guacamole is a great product line that works very well on those channels. we'll look for channels with this product line to connect with that channel as well. we have a broad portfolio. this transaction will certainly enhance the packaged food side of that. >> we knew of another company we thought was going to be a bidder. was this one of those wars where younded up paying far more that where you started or was this the level you were comfortable and you were able to get it for that? >> we were very comfortable with the level we paid. one of the issues we talked bont conference call, there's a tax cash flow advantage, adding up to a net present value of about $120 million to $125 million. if you net that out of the 7 million nopsed price, we're in a very comfortable position in terms of a dcf model. >> congratulations. great for shareholders. you've done a remarkable job, not just you but your predecessors. thank you very m
>> well weeks have a broad portfolio of items, jim. one of the ones i know you mentioned on your past shows, holy guacamole is a great product line that works very well on those channels. we'll look for channels with this product line to connect with that channel as well. we have a broad portfolio. this transaction will certainly enhance the packaged food side of that. >> we knew of another company we thought was going to be a bidder. was this one of those wars where younded up...
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joe. >> caller: hi, booyah, jim. stop loss orders versus stop limits and how to use that not only to minimize the ups and downs. >> if you're going to own these and you're going to try to get the right prices, you have to stay on top of it. i'm sorry. it's too important. you get a stock flash. you buy the stock at 80 and suddenly -- it's too crazed. you have to protect yourself from this market. from any market that acts as badly and strangely. those old tricks out the window. price matters. don't buy all at once. keep an open mind. stay with cramer. >>> the only way to generate consistently strong returns year after year is by putting thought and effort into the process. it's like a personal trainer who promises that you can get in shape without doing any exercises, here's a pill. it doesn't work. yet i think a substantial majority of the public still believes this buy and hold nonsense is the only legitimate way to in vest. i read about it in the papers. no wonder stocks are so hated. people are convinced if they b
joe. >> caller: hi, booyah, jim. stop loss orders versus stop limits and how to use that not only to minimize the ups and downs. >> if you're going to own these and you're going to try to get the right prices, you have to stay on top of it. i'm sorry. it's too important. you get a stock flash. you buy the stock at 80 and suddenly -- it's too crazed. you have to protect yourself from this market. from any market that acts as badly and strangely. those old tricks out the window. price...
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in the meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> funds are go going to go out of business, they're nuts. they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. my job is not just to entertain, but to teach and to coach you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. may 2013 be as good as 2012 for you in the stock market. that's what i found myself thinking all day, in spite of today's incredible action, best day in over a year of the. the dow soaring 108 points. the nasdaq rockets 3.07%, i feel like i'm surrounded by people who are already fretting about the next big bad thing. this time it's the debt ceiling fight. they're worried eem as it seems the market has a tremendous case of seller's remorse. they're scared. even as it seems those who fled the market year end are in their buying and buying the same stocks we sold. when we looked certain to plunge into the fiscal abyss. how else do you explain how we got the best fir
in the meantime, "mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> funds are go going to go out of business, they're nuts. they know nothing! >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. my job is not just to entertain, but to teach and to coach you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. may 2013 be...
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boo-yah, jim cramer. >> boo-yah! >> caller: i have a question there. what is meant by a reverse split stock? >> that means if there's a million shares, you know, say they do a 3-1, you know, they get to 300,000 shares. what is typically gone, ci citigroup did it. if you have 300 billion shares, you divide by three, you get 100 billion. it does raise the price, but it's illusory. you just have fewer shares. tyler in florida, please? tyler? >> caller: i'm going to give you a south florida boo-yah. >> i'll take that. i need to go there now. always. what's up? >> caller: sun is shining -- actually, no, it's overcast. quick question. when you talk about the economy, you know, really booting off again, it seems like you talk about it in terms of consuming and not producing. i'm thinking from the way i think about it, you need something to be produced before it's consumed. i'm wondering why -- in terms of a growing economy you talk about consumption instead of production. that's what it seems like to me. >> i do because in order to be able to raise price, you
boo-yah, jim cramer. >> boo-yah! >> caller: i have a question there. what is meant by a reverse split stock? >> that means if there's a million shares, you know, say they do a 3-1, you know, they get to 300,000 shares. what is typically gone, ci citigroup did it. if you have 300 billion shares, you divide by three, you get 100 billion. it does raise the price, but it's illusory. you just have fewer shares. tyler in florida, please? tyler? >> caller: i'm going to give you...
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let's go to bob in new jersey. >> caller: hi, jim. this is bob grunder from the storm-ravaged town of manasquan, new jersey. >> let's hope congress hears you. the guy was like listen i'm worried about waste. i'm worried about people's homes, i'm not talking about second homes, i'm talking about first homes, i think congress could address it, i sure hope so, governor christie, come on the show, repeat what you said, you're the man, go ahead. >> i have a reasonable position in gardner denver at 35 and eaton at 50. knowing that gardner denver is a takeover target and eaton at 56 seems a little rich, i would like to increase my position in one or the other. which one would you recommend and at what price for a long-term hold? >> all right. gardner denver we do, we don't know, it doesn't look like there's a deal, we don't speculate. the fundamentals just okay there. eaton, that sandy cutler has done a remarkable job. but i'm not a buyer of stocks after an up 3% move, when they pull back it's going to be eaton is the one that i like. the be
let's go to bob in new jersey. >> caller: hi, jim. this is bob grunder from the storm-ravaged town of manasquan, new jersey. >> let's hope congress hears you. the guy was like listen i'm worried about waste. i'm worried about people's homes, i'm not talking about second homes, i'm talking about first homes, i think congress could address it, i sure hope so, governor christie, come on the show, repeat what you said, you're the man, go ahead. >> i have a reasonable position in...
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then the democrats should be screaming, jim. because if the money -- the money before didn't make a dent in the deficit, this deal while good for america may not -- is going to by default make less of an impact. >> all they really wanted to do was make sure they stuck to their campaign promise they were going to raise tax on the upper class. and that's fine. there's no meaningful reduction to the deficit until we deal with medicare and defense. >> we've got to go. happy new year, gentlemen. >> you too. >> let's bring in eamon now. mitch mcconnell surprising at least us coming out saying that. looks like they're close to a deal. good news? >> absolutely good news. definitely an indication that mitch mcconnell thinks as he said they are very, very close. now, interesting about mcconnell's comments. he's saying he thinks they are very close or graed on the tax piece of this deal. and maybe they should take that and come back for the spending piece later. that's going to be an interesting decoupling of what we thought was going to b
then the democrats should be screaming, jim. because if the money -- the money before didn't make a dent in the deficit, this deal while good for america may not -- is going to by default make less of an impact. >> all they really wanted to do was make sure they stuck to their campaign promise they were going to raise tax on the upper class. and that's fine. there's no meaningful reduction to the deficit until we deal with medicare and defense. >> we've got to go. happy new year,...
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i'm jim cramer. see you tomorrow. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," retail reality check. it's the day after christmas, early data shows the slowest growth in spending since 2008 this holiday season. we're crunching the numbers for you. >>> the u.s. is set to go over the fiscal cliff in five days. that means taxes will go up for nearly every american. dramatic spending cuts will kick in. president obama and congress will be back from vacation tomorrow. but will anything get done? >>> plus, wild winter weather sweeping through the country. we'll bring you the latest details on which part of the u.s. could be hit next. cnbc's "worldwide exchange" starts now. >>> and welcome to a special edition of reside worldwide. ross andcle reoff today for boxes day in -- kelly are off today for boxing day. for now, you is us. >> we'll start with a brief check on the markets. energy and metals are trading higher now, wtis up about 55 cents. brent crude up 65 cents. also want to check in on the gold price, as well. gold right now down about slightly under the flat line there, 1,-658. well
i'm jim cramer. see you tomorrow. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," retail reality check. it's the day after christmas, early data shows the slowest growth in spending since 2008 this holiday season. we're crunching the numbers for you. >>> the u.s. is set to go over the fiscal cliff in five days. that means taxes will go up for nearly every american. dramatic spending cuts will kick in. president obama and congress will be back from vacation tomorrow. but will...
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jim newsel, you called the fiscal cliff deal to this point a fiasco. what had your high expectations for what's to come on the spending and the debt limit that they have to deal with in the next couple of months? >> i don't have very high expectations. >> i didn't think so. >> i mean, i think at this point in time we're seeing history we pete itself and why congressman congressman brooks voted against the deal. congratulations on being sworn in again today, congressman brooks. >> thank you. >> but i think mo is right. you know, the taxes have been -- have been settled. whether he voted for them or not, taxes are settled. it's now on to entitlement reform and spending, and historically whether it's in reagan or bush or even in clinton, there were very few opportunities for cutting real spending or reforming entitlements that went along with tax increases, and that's what needs to happen. you've got to drop the -- and bend the growth curve in entitlement spending if you're going to have any chance at all in getting back to any sustainability on the debt,
jim newsel, you called the fiscal cliff deal to this point a fiasco. what had your high expectations for what's to come on the spending and the debt limit that they have to deal with in the next couple of months? >> i don't have very high expectations. >> i didn't think so. >> i mean, i think at this point in time we're seeing history we pete itself and why congressman congressman brooks voted against the deal. congratulations on being sworn in again today, congressman brooks....
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jim cramer joins us now. does that mean the dogs will be better this year, jim? normally, right? >> dow versus the s&p, i've got to tell you, up 7%, 16%, maybe we've got to go back over and look at the dow. there are probably some bargains there, joe. >> jim, will this be you, now that we've -- i can argue from two sides, i made the point earlier, i think that they're still saying there may be a point to a point and a half drag on the gdp because of this. but don't you think the improvements in housing and having maybe a little bit of certainty, don't you think that we can grow above where we've been recently? don't you think the u.s. economy is that resilient? >> thank you, joe. because this is my theme for the beginning of the year, which is that this -- no one's happy with the deal. but i do believe there's momentum coming in. don't forget the need to rebuild from sandy. don't forget the autos are surging. i believe very strongly we have very good tailwinds coming into the year. also, europe better than we think. asia better than we think. latin america better than we think. t
jim cramer joins us now. does that mean the dogs will be better this year, jim? normally, right? >> dow versus the s&p, i've got to tell you, up 7%, 16%, maybe we've got to go back over and look at the dow. there are probably some bargains there, joe. >> jim, will this be you, now that we've -- i can argue from two sides, i made the point earlier, i think that they're still saying there may be a point to a point and a half drag on the gdp because of this. but don't you think the...
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jim o'neill speaks from a different point of view than i would. maybity right in the thick of it down here. i'm a big believe in america. big believe in the markets. i have be a exposure to the markets like everybody does but i'm not ready to pass the mantle to somebody else. >> rich, we are talking about fighting the fed and what is bad idea that is. bonds are another market that people seem to not fight the fed but is this is the year that interest rates start higher? >> we don't know that. the fed is a huge elephant in the room and it is as long as they keep buying bonds, you don't have a problem. the thing that concerns me is that -- >> go ahead. >> the thing that concerns me is we borrow a trillion plus dollars a year, so if other members of the world decide ton buy our bonds, i don't think the fed can buy all of them. >> okay. so if you look at what's been happening though, you would bet that this year would be the year that we stay steady again? or just keep listening to the fed to see what they say? >> i think expectations are, we are goin
jim o'neill speaks from a different point of view than i would. maybity right in the thick of it down here. i'm a big believe in america. big believe in the markets. i have be a exposure to the markets like everybody does but i'm not ready to pass the mantle to somebody else. >> rich, we are talking about fighting the fed and what is bad idea that is. bonds are another market that people seem to not fight the fed but is this is the year that interest rates start higher? >> we don't...
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jim rogers type stuff. vietnam, laos. >> myanmar. >> go for it, brian. >> burma, north haverbrook. >> other sectors we're watching today, the steel sector getting a major boost from a credit suisse. price target for six companies in this group, they're citing the fiscal cliff resolution, of course, and up side in china. they say the channel checks, that there's more reasonable inventory levels. so pricing is better. >> steel intelligence saying this is a very good level. i think letter x has done nothing for asia. i remember when it was $180 stock. i would tell people, again, that the resource based stocks are more china oriented, and i think china's going to have a very big year. remember, the euro is supposed to break up. the brics were no longer brics, they were soft putty. housing is supposed to go to zero. we could go over and over the things that were going to happen, that didn't happen. what did different repd rate go up? 40%? 45%? remember that worry? selling those dividends left and right. >> you c
jim rogers type stuff. vietnam, laos. >> myanmar. >> go for it, brian. >> burma, north haverbrook. >> other sectors we're watching today, the steel sector getting a major boost from a credit suisse. price target for six companies in this group, they're citing the fiscal cliff resolution, of course, and up side in china. they say the channel checks, that there's more reasonable inventory levels. so pricing is better. >> steel intelligence saying this is a very good...
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we have jim o'neill. he's going to join us to talk about whether he is bullish for the start of 2013 and how much the fiscal cliff is playing into his outlook. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. take a look at futures for the day, the s&p is up a little over 7 points as we await to see what happens with the fiscal cliff. >> it is the last trading day of the year. how will the global marketses react to our domestic drama? calling in right now on the squawk news line is jim o'neill. it's great to be speaking with you this morning. i know we made it through the mayan apocalypse, but will we make it three through the fiscal cliff, as well? >> gosh, i don't know. i keep exchanging my mind about this every day in the past week. what is quite encouraging in a way is that other markets around the world, other important mark particular are trading so much of their own issues that the disappointment in the u.s. has not affected them at all. and while europe has given a bit back, it's barely noticeable.
we have jim o'neill. he's going to join us to talk about whether he is bullish for the start of 2013 and how much the fiscal cliff is playing into his outlook. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. take a look at futures for the day, the s&p is up a little over 7 points as we await to see what happens with the fiscal cliff. >> it is the last trading day of the year. how will the global marketses react to our domestic drama? calling in right now on the...
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jim cantore in mobile, alabama. twisters hit yesterday, quite a few, i think, right, jim? >> reporter: yeah. the storm prediction center says 34, our severe weather expert who tracks tornadoes and sees which are duplicated says 19. which for whatever it's worth is a record day for tornadoes on christmas. the previous record was 1969 with 12 tornadoes. guys, here's the deal. now we have tornado season in the middle of winter. and that seems to be what happens nowadays. you see behind me this church was pretty heavily damaged. look at the roof. two sections ripped off. then dropped below. and given the fact that this debris was just dropped off down here, i'm going to probably estimate these winds somewhere in the 90 to 100 mile-per-hour range. so probably ef-1, maybe ef-2 damage. they typically go along the tornado path and look at the damage to assess an actual rating if you will in terms of what that damage is. behind me, a lot of cleanup here on dauphin street. the crews will be cleaning the debris. you see the power lines hanging over. draping over there. some of the tr
jim cantore in mobile, alabama. twisters hit yesterday, quite a few, i think, right, jim? >> reporter: yeah. the storm prediction center says 34, our severe weather expert who tracks tornadoes and sees which are duplicated says 19. which for whatever it's worth is a record day for tornadoes on christmas. the previous record was 1969 with 12 tornadoes. guys, here's the deal. now we have tornado season in the middle of winter. and that seems to be what happens nowadays. you see behind me...
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welcome to the program, jim. how do you argue that we'll get potentially, what is it, 1,700, i think, on the s&p, is the call. >> yeah, i think it can get up to 1,700 during the year, simon, touching that. i don't know if it will end the year, but i'm thing 15 to 20% rerps, and i think it's mainly about confidence. i think we've produced a lot of the earnings that we're going to produce in this recovery cycle. we're still going to eget earnings growth, but it's going to be much slower from here. what we have left is a lot of room to increase the valuation we place in those earnings. and that's about improving confidence. look at, going into the year, look at the things that we've accomplished when we start 2013. i think in a couple weeks, we're going to have some progress made on the fiscal issues. it may be modest, but i think we'll get some agreement. we will have revised chinese and world recoveries. we will have calmed, dramatically, your zone fears, at least away from a calamitous event. we will have geared
welcome to the program, jim. how do you argue that we'll get potentially, what is it, 1,700, i think, on the s&p, is the call. >> yeah, i think it can get up to 1,700 during the year, simon, touching that. i don't know if it will end the year, but i'm thing 15 to 20% rerps, and i think it's mainly about confidence. i think we've produced a lot of the earnings that we're going to produce in this recovery cycle. we're still going to eget earnings growth, but it's going to be much slower...
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for more on the day let's get to jim iuorio director of t.m. amens institutional services and a cnbc contributor. i guess the reason i phrase the question, jim, the markets had been sort of quiet, the vix has been kind of quiet, as well. is something on the horizon, or i mean we've talked about it so much, is there anyone that doesn't know? >> no. i just think the markets have grown accustomed to the notion that we're actually going over the cliff. we were always going over the cliff, and that gives the republicans ground cover to lower taxes, and not raise them. is it a game? is it ridiculous that they play this with the economic future of the country? of course it is. but you drew the connection to t.a.r.p. that's when we first learned that they can show some incompetence at very critical moments. the market's fine with that right now. but i do think the consensus is that once they reach a deal, even after the cliff, that the market's going to knee-jerk higher. when everyone is on the same side of the boat that worries me a little bit. i incr
for more on the day let's get to jim iuorio director of t.m. amens institutional services and a cnbc contributor. i guess the reason i phrase the question, jim, the markets had been sort of quiet, the vix has been kind of quiet, as well. is something on the horizon, or i mean we've talked about it so much, is there anyone that doesn't know? >> no. i just think the markets have grown accustomed to the notion that we're actually going over the cliff. we were always going over the cliff, and...
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carl, back to you. >>> jim, those are some pictures. a lot of people in the northeast paying close attention to that storm as it gets closer and closer to us. jim cantore, thanks for that. >>> let's get over to the cme group. rick santelli has the santelli exchange. good morning, rick. >> good morning, carl. i guess no topic makes me grind my teeth more than the culmination of the entire bailout nation issues than housing, okay? only can the u.s. government, i take that back, only can government, period, including the u.s. government turn a detour into a four-lane highway, okay? let's talk about infusion. governments tried to create faux guarantees when they set up the gses when they created the structure of special financing and faux guarantees whether they were applied or assumed, we all know how it turned out. taxpayers ended up getting the bill when government took over the space. and then we get all the faux guarantees of fixing the original faux guarantees as the intrusion really did get worse. i take you back to september of 2008
carl, back to you. >>> jim, those are some pictures. a lot of people in the northeast paying close attention to that storm as it gets closer and closer to us. jim cantore, thanks for that. >>> let's get over to the cme group. rick santelli has the santelli exchange. good morning, rick. >> good morning, carl. i guess no topic makes me grind my teeth more than the culmination of the entire bailout nation issues than housing, okay? only can the u.s. government, i take that...
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and still ahead, congressman jim mcdermott with the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations. first, though, an american military hero has died, norman schwarzkopf passed away in florida yesterday. remember he was popularly known as stormin' norman and he was the u.s. general who led the 1991 operation "desert storm," which liberated kuwait from iraqi dictator saddam hussein, and you know, the 41 is ill and actually sent out a statement about the general late yesterday, when we're all thinking about 41, as well. schwarzkopf was 78. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this
and still ahead, congressman jim mcdermott with the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations. first, though, an american military hero has died, norman schwarzkopf passed away in florida yesterday. remember he was popularly known as stormin' norman and he was the u.s. general who led the 1991 operation "desert storm," which liberated kuwait from iraqi dictator saddam hussein, and you know, the 41 is ill and actually sent out a statement about the general late yesterday, when we're all...
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jim awod is managing editor of. egan jones independent rating agency that is not paid by the corporate issuers than it rates. shawn, your firm was quick to downgrade the u.s. credit rating last year if we go over the cliff or lawmakers reach some sort of watered-down compromise, will you downgrade america again? >> no, our take on it is that it's a very positive sign that the government is wrestling with the immediate problem of the budget deficit. it was $1.4 trillion last year. it's probably going to come in at about $1.2 for the current year. so we view this whole wrangling as a positive it's the first step to solving a problem is recognizing it. most people are recognizing the immediate problem of the federal budget deficit. >> that's a remarkably glass half full view of the world shawn. i appreciate that. let me take a look at world borrowing costs. this is gauge of how investors feel about a given country. sorn debt so if you're going to buy bonds of a country. a ten-year bond yield, 1.7%. switzerland, which d
jim awod is managing editor of. egan jones independent rating agency that is not paid by the corporate issuers than it rates. shawn, your firm was quick to downgrade the u.s. credit rating last year if we go over the cliff or lawmakers reach some sort of watered-down compromise, will you downgrade america again? >> no, our take on it is that it's a very positive sign that the government is wrestling with the immediate problem of the budget deficit. it was $1.4 trillion last year. it's...
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cnn national political correspondent jim acosta has more on the story. >> reporter: the year started off with a surprise in a sweater vest. counting down the top campaign stories of the year at number ten, the primaries. rick santorum's stunning performance in the iowa caucuses. >> game on. >> reporter: kicked off a battle for the republican nomination that few in washington had expected. the gop's odds on favorite, mitt romney, stumbled in some of the early contests. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> reporter: he refused to release his tax returns, allowing another rival, newt gingrich, to take south carolina. >> we proved here in south carolina, that people power with the right ideas beats big money. >> reporter: but that big money eventually cleared the field. and romney set his sights on the president. >> it is still about the economy. and we arestupid. >> reporter: at number nine, bain. not that one. that one. almost as soon as romney had locked up the nomination, his former private investment firm, bain capital, was sacrificed by the super pacs
cnn national political correspondent jim acosta has more on the story. >> reporter: the year started off with a surprise in a sweater vest. counting down the top campaign stories of the year at number ten, the primaries. rick santorum's stunning performance in the iowa caucuses. >> game on. >> reporter: kicked off a battle for the republican nomination that few in washington had expected. the gop's odds on favorite, mitt romney, stumbled in some of the early contests. >>...
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jim acosta, cnn, washington. >> and i'm allison kosic. "cnn newsroom" continues now with martin savidge. don't go anywhere. >> thank you very much. >>> welcome to the cnn "newsroom." i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. here are the top stories we are following right now. >>> that fiscal cliff. we are at the very edge. senate leaders are working through the weekend trying to reach a deal before the deadline. today president obama called on lawmakers to meet their deadlines and responsibilities and forge a compromise to avoid tax hike and spending cuts from taking effect. lisa desjardins is live on capitol hill. what's going on right now? >> reporter: right now it's all behind closed doors, martin. what we just have learned in the last hour, in fact, what reporters have seen here, a surprise. house speaker john boehner was here at the capitol. we're still trying to sort out exactly why he was here, but he wasn't here for very long, it seems. he left in the last hour. also, we were able to see some of senator mcconnell's staffers.
jim acosta, cnn, washington. >> and i'm allison kosic. "cnn newsroom" continues now with martin savidge. don't go anywhere. >> thank you very much. >>> welcome to the cnn "newsroom." i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. here are the top stories we are following right now. >>> that fiscal cliff. we are at the very edge. senate leaders are working through the weekend trying to reach a deal before the deadline. today president obama...
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. >> that was jim cooper of tennessee. you don't have to be a member of the house to be elected speaker so colin powell potentially could have gotten a few votes. what did that say to you, if anything, paul? >> it sounds like jim cooper doesn't like colin powell. ari is right, it's one of the toughest jobs in america to be the house speaker. democrats clearly p want nancy pelosi to continue leading them. the republicans want speaker boehner. yeah, there were a few dep senders but i've got to tell you, the house republicans that mr. boehner leads again is a failed state. the classic definition, the kinds of places like, you know, somalia and democratic republic of congo, the type of plateses that you like to report from, that's where the house republican conference is. i looked up the textbook definition, it's a collapse of central authority, check, and inability to receive collective decision making, check. inability to provide basic public services. well, sometimes they do. i don't give them a total pass on that. inabilit
. >> that was jim cooper of tennessee. you don't have to be a member of the house to be elected speaker so colin powell potentially could have gotten a few votes. what did that say to you, if anything, paul? >> it sounds like jim cooper doesn't like colin powell. ari is right, it's one of the toughest jobs in america to be the house speaker. democrats clearly p want nancy pelosi to continue leading them. the republicans want speaker boehner. yeah, there were a few dep senders but...
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jim acosta caught up with him this morning. jim, give us a sense who he is. he got a lot of attention at the rnc convention last year. >> reporter: well, suzanne, he was a tea party favorite in the run-up to last november's elections, and it's interesting to note as a lot of americans seem to be saying at least in the polls that they want the congress to work together. they want republicans and democrats to work together on matters such as the fiscal cliff. they have sent more partisans into the capitol, and one of the those partisans is ted cruz. he's a tea party conservative and was the solicitor-general down in texas before running for the senate. he's a graduate of princeton and harvard and also the son of a cuban-american immigrant, but i had a chance to talk with him just briefly earlier this morning because he had been very critical of the negotiated agreement between mitch mcconnell and the vice president, joe biden, on the fiscal cliff. he made no bones about it when i talked to him heading into the capitol earlier this morning. here's what he had to
jim acosta caught up with him this morning. jim, give us a sense who he is. he got a lot of attention at the rnc convention last year. >> reporter: well, suzanne, he was a tea party favorite in the run-up to last november's elections, and it's interesting to note as a lot of americans seem to be saying at least in the polls that they want the congress to work together. they want republicans and democrats to work together on matters such as the fiscal cliff. they have sent more partisans...
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jim spellman joins us. you were there for opening night. what was it like? >> it's a big celebration. it really marked the end of what they see as a civil rights struggle. to legalize marijuana, stop arresting people for this, stop using law enforcement resources. years they tried to get to this. so there was a lot of celebration and a sense of accomplishment. i was able to speak with a couple people there. >> you can not buy marijuana from the club, but you can bring marijuana, you can share marijuana, you can have others share with you. and you can associate with with others in private and disgreet environment. >> it's great to be able to exercise my vote to get together with my common man and express ourselves. >> reporter: it's really unclear exact exactly what these clubs will look like going forward, but last night they were starting to stretch their wings and find out what exactly the freedoms that they come with this amendment will look like. >> was this a big crowd, big turnout or not so much? >> not a huge crowd. honestly it was one of the events w
jim spellman joins us. you were there for opening night. what was it like? >> it's a big celebration. it really marked the end of what they see as a civil rights struggle. to legalize marijuana, stop arresting people for this, stop using law enforcement resources. years they tried to get to this. so there was a lot of celebration and a sense of accomplishment. i was able to speak with a couple people there. >> you can not buy marijuana from the club, but you can bring marijuana, you...
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i want to bring in jim clancy. i want to start with the government attacks today in and around damascus. what is the government's goal here? >> the government is extremely concerned. they're losing their grip on the suburbs of the capital. all of this is within ear shot of the presidential palace. but it is really -- i think it is only fair to say it to admit what is going on here. they are targeting civilians in whatever numbers they can find. the regime obviously frustrated, they have not been able to strike with any significant effect on the free syrian army, on the rebel and opposition groups and they have turned to civilians who are lining up, whether it is for bread or whether it is for fuel, some 75 people known to have been killed in this incident alone. it reflects the pattern that we're seeing here, don. a pattern of increased casualties. we were looking at a thousand casualties a month at one point. and now it is probably more than a thousand a week. we have been well over 100 for almost as long as i can
i want to bring in jim clancy. i want to start with the government attacks today in and around damascus. what is the government's goal here? >> the government is extremely concerned. they're losing their grip on the suburbs of the capital. all of this is within ear shot of the presidential palace. but it is really -- i think it is only fair to say it to admit what is going on here. they are targeting civilians in whatever numbers they can find. the regime obviously frustrated, they have...
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jim acosta counts them down. >> make room. make room. >> reporter: the year started off with a surprise in a sweater vest. counting down the top campaign stories of the year at number ten, the primaries. rick santorum's stunning performance in the iowa caucuses. >> game on. >> reporter: kicked off a battle for the republican nomination that few in washington had expected. the gop's odds-on favorite, mom, stumbled in some of the early contests. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> reporter: he refused to release his tax returns, allowing newt gingrich to take south carolina. >> we proved here in south carolina we beat big money. >> reporter: but that big money eventually cleared the field and romney set his sights on the president. >> it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> reporter: at number nine, bang. >> your punishment must be more severe. >> reporter: not that one, that one. almost as soon as mitt romney locked up the nomination, bane capital was savaged by democratic superpacs
jim acosta counts them down. >> make room. make room. >> reporter: the year started off with a surprise in a sweater vest. counting down the top campaign stories of the year at number ten, the primaries. rick santorum's stunning performance in the iowa caucuses. >> game on. >> reporter: kicked off a battle for the republican nomination that few in washington had expected. the gop's odds-on favorite, mom, stumbled in some of the early contests. >> i like being able...
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congressman jim moran says there is a disconnect between the national rifle association's leadership and the nra members. the democrat from virginia is pushing a package of gun reforms he says most nra members support. and representative moran joins me now live from washington. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you, thank you. >> congressman, when many politicians think about the nra, they think about this legion of people who stand shoulder to shoulder with wayne lapierre and the leadership and what he says they believe. you believe, though, that the nra leadership is out of touch with the membership. why? >> well, this bill that we're introducing on the first session of the next congress has five measures where two-thirds of nra membership support them. in fact, in some cases one of them is supported by 79% of the nra members. so i do think there is a disconnect between the nra members and the gun manufacturers who basically pay the salaries of the nra leadership. but what this would do is to require background checks, not only for gun purchaser, purch e purchas purchase
congressman jim moran says there is a disconnect between the national rifle association's leadership and the nra members. the democrat from virginia is pushing a package of gun reforms he says most nra members support. and representative moran joins me now live from washington. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you, thank you. >> congressman, when many politicians think about the nra, they think about this legion of people who stand shoulder to shoulder with wayne...
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joining me now is virginia congressman jim moran. briefly, let me ask you first about the fiscal cliff because i have you here. you and your members will get back to work tomorrow. i'm wondering is there going to be a last ditch effort to avoid this and what do you think is going to happen? >> i think the likelihood is that we go over the cliff, martin. and, of course, that's my primary focus because my congressional district would be the hardest hit if beat go over the fiscal cliff. i've got tens of thousands of federal employees and a great deal of defense spending would be at risk. so if we don't suspend the sequester and it looks like this very small deal may not even achieve that, then i'd have to be a "no" vote. so if i had to guess right now, i don't think we're going to be able to reach a deal no matter how small it might be. of course, at the very best, all we would do is stumble forward for a couple more months until we hit the debt ceiling and then face another crisis which is really a crisis of confidence in the governmen
joining me now is virginia congressman jim moran. briefly, let me ask you first about the fiscal cliff because i have you here. you and your members will get back to work tomorrow. i'm wondering is there going to be a last ditch effort to avoid this and what do you think is going to happen? >> i think the likelihood is that we go over the cliff, martin. and, of course, that's my primary focus because my congressional district would be the hardest hit if beat go over the fiscal cliff. i've...
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jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> don't his our "top 10 of 2012" special as cnn revisits the stories that captured this country's attention. it's sunday night at 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, a deadline that hasn't been getting much attention. but if dock workers go on strike this weekend, there may be a dramatic impact on almost everything you'd like to buy. also, president obama comes back from hawaii for the year's final showdown with congress. >>> and syria's government unleashes its most sophisticated weapons of the war. missiles from iran. we'd like to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room." >>> i want to begin with a crisis you probably don't know is coming and, of course, is just about to hit. barring a last minute deal, union dock workers at more than a dozen major ports will go on strike this weekend. meaning just about everything we buy, from clothes to cars, can't be unloaded. the strike would impact 14 port along the eastern
jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> don't his our "top 10 of 2012" special as cnn revisits the stories that captured this country's attention. it's sunday night at 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, a deadline that hasn't been getting much attention. but if dock workers go on strike this weekend, there may be a dramatic impact on almost everything you'd like to buy. also, president obama comes back from hawaii for the...
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jim buckley is referring to you as professor moynihan. pat said, the mudslinging has begun. [laughter] what you are in for tonight, however, it is a lecture on political philosophy. take notes, there will be a test. in 1953, the year in which the words "under god" were added to the pledge of allegiance, it he proclaimed the fourth of july and national day of prayer. on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, golfed in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were prayers -- perhaps when the chief executive faced a daunting putt. this was not his first foray into the darkened ground of the relationship between religion and american politics. three days before christmas in 1952, president elect ike made a speech in which he said "our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in the deeply felt religious faith and i do not care what it is." he received a much ridicule from his cultured despise years. his professed indifference to the major of the religious faith. it is the first part of the statement that deserves continuing attention. certainly man
jim buckley is referring to you as professor moynihan. pat said, the mudslinging has begun. [laughter] what you are in for tonight, however, it is a lecture on political philosophy. take notes, there will be a test. in 1953, the year in which the words "under god" were added to the pledge of allegiance, it he proclaimed the fourth of july and national day of prayer. on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, golfed in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were...
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early on, he took on as his target, the speaker jim wright. that was the beginning of some of this polarization. it was a better time. since those last couple of decades, the institution has suffered from too much partisanship. >> before mr. gingrich, i would imagine he would argue the republican house members have spent decades in the wilderness and he was the one that found a way to bring them into the majority in the house. how do you balance the pluses and minuses? >> there is not any question that that effort to paint a picture of jim wright's service laid the foundation for a majority. that was a healthy thing. i do not believe it was a good thing -- we have been in that for far too long. appropriations committees work is where either you spend money or you do not. ideally, you are here to work with one another to be as responsive as possible to your own constituents and taxpayers. within the committee itself, the more we can talk to each other as individuals and human beings, the better off the institution will be. >> the kinds of organ
early on, he took on as his target, the speaker jim wright. that was the beginning of some of this polarization. it was a better time. since those last couple of decades, the institution has suffered from too much partisanship. >> before mr. gingrich, i would imagine he would argue the republican house members have spent decades in the wilderness and he was the one that found a way to bring them into the majority in the house. how do you balance the pluses and minuses? >> there is...
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and then, finally, we're also going to be losing jim webb and jim demint. jim, as we all know, jim webb came here, did something very few freshmen can do by getting a major new piece of legislation passed, the new g.i. bill, and on the committee he's been really critical to our thinking about the far east. he was the first american to visit burma in ten years, and i'm proud to say i think i may have been the one who was there before that, but he changed the policy, he knew we had to lift the sanctions and move it, and his contribution to thinking about the trans-pacific partnership, the continued efforts on vietnam mias has been a superb contribution. he's a great thinker, and we appreciate his service. and jim demint, jim demint and i have, obviously, disagreed on a number of treaties and initiatives in front of the committee, bun of the great things about -- but one of the great things about jim demint is you know where he stands. he knows what he believes, we do. he's been a terrific advocate for his point of view, and we're confident that in his, in the
and then, finally, we're also going to be losing jim webb and jim demint. jim, as we all know, jim webb came here, did something very few freshmen can do by getting a major new piece of legislation passed, the new g.i. bill, and on the committee he's been really critical to our thinking about the far east. he was the first american to visit burma in ten years, and i'm proud to say i think i may have been the one who was there before that, but he changed the policy, he knew we had to lift the...
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jim demint, one of three that did not vote last night. guest: i do not know if that means he was not here, or he abstained. -engine, -- i imagine he could not have voted to support this. host: donna, independent caller. caller: my concern is that i am basically lost in the cracks. i was a hard worker, paid my taxes, i had an accident, and now i have cancer. i get my medicare, but still i am having to pay for more insurance. my social security check went up, but i have to pay the high price of medical care because of the bills, and it is not fair because i can not get supplemental insurance to help me pay for my disease. i do not think it is fair enough to where i am lost in the crack, and i can barely make it. all of my money goes directly to medical costs. guest: i'm sorry to hear about that, if a tragedy, but she points out the problem. when you go after 2% of the taxpayers and small businesses to fix the problems better on our shoulders, it is picking the winners and losers. it happens on the other end as well. when you say we will pay
jim demint, one of three that did not vote last night. guest: i do not know if that means he was not here, or he abstained. -engine, -- i imagine he could not have voted to support this. host: donna, independent caller. caller: my concern is that i am basically lost in the cracks. i was a hard worker, paid my taxes, i had an accident, and now i have cancer. i get my medicare, but still i am having to pay for more insurance. my social security check went up, but i have to pay the high price of...
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>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- you will the the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of investigations especially of the clinton administration. what do you see as your legacy of that tenure? >> i think bill clinton, president clinton and secretary as secretary -- hilary as secretary of state do not like me very much. i was chair of the government oversight committee during the time we were investigating whitewater and we were investigating campaign contributions that came from sources outside the united states and from various people. there was an awful lot to that. we had people testifying like johnny chung, they had contributed money to gain favor with the white house. and they came into the kitchen at hong kong and said we wonder -- we like your preside
>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- you will the the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of investigations especially of the clinton administration. what do...
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early on, he took on as his target, the speaker jim wright. that was the beginning of some of this polarization. there is little dout th -- and doubt that in the days of to ill, it was tip o'ne a better time. since those last couple of decades, the institution has suffered from too much partisanship. >> before mr. gingrich, i would imagine he would argue the republican house members have spent decades in the wilderness and he was the one that found a way to bring them into the majority in the house. how do you balance the pluses and minuses? >> there is not any question that that effort to paint a picture of jim wright's service laid the foundation for a majority. that was a healthy thing. i do not believe it was a good thing -- we have been in that for far too long. in turn, it is significant for the american public to know that appropriations committees work is where either you spend money or you do not. ideally, you are here to work with one another to be as responsive as possible to your own constituents and taxpayers. within the committee
early on, he took on as his target, the speaker jim wright. that was the beginning of some of this polarization. there is little dout th -- and doubt that in the days of to ill, it was tip o'ne a better time. since those last couple of decades, the institution has suffered from too much partisanship. >> before mr. gingrich, i would imagine he would argue the republican house members have spent decades in the wilderness and he was the one that found a way to bring them into the majority in...
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jim buckley is referring to you as professor moynihan. pat said, the mudslinging has begun. what you are in for tonight, however, it is a lecture on political philosophy. take notes, there will be a test. in 1953, the year in which the words "under god" were added to the pledge of allegiance, it he proclaimed the fourth of july and national day of prayer. on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, golfed in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were prayers -- perhaps when the chief executive faced a daunting putt. this was not his first foray into the darkened ground of the relationship between religion and american politics. three days before christmas in 1952, president elect ike made a speech in which he said "our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in the deeply felt religious faith and i do not care what it is." he received a much ridicule from his cultured despise years. his professed indifference to the major of the religious faith. it is the first part of the statement that deserves continuing attention. certainly many americans
jim buckley is referring to you as professor moynihan. pat said, the mudslinging has begun. what you are in for tonight, however, it is a lecture on political philosophy. take notes, there will be a test. in 1953, the year in which the words "under god" were added to the pledge of allegiance, it he proclaimed the fourth of july and national day of prayer. on that day, eisenhower fished in the morning, golfed in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were prayers --...
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>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. the combat became very personal. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- -- you said raising cain. you will the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of investigations especially of the clinton administration. what do you see as your legacy of that tenure? >> i think bill clinton, president clinton and hilary as secretary of state do not like me very much. i was chair of the government oversight committee during the time we were investigating whitewater and we were investigating campaign contributions that came from sources outside the united states and from various people. there was an awful lot to that. we had people testifying like johnny chung, they had contributed money to gain favor with the white house. there were other illegal contributions that we found. and
>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. the combat became very personal. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- -- you said raising cain. you will the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of...
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>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- you will the the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of investigations especially of the clinton administration. what do you see as your legacy of that tenure? >> i think bill clinton, president clinton and secretary as secretary -- hilary as secretary of state do not like me very much. i was chair of the government oversight committee during the time we were investigating whitewater and we were investigating campaign contributions that came from sources outside the united states and from various people. there was an awful lot to that. we had people testifying like johnny chung, they had contributed money to gain favor with the white house. and they came into the kitchen at hong kong and said we wonder -- we like your preside
>> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went after newt. that is one of the things that started this movement. over time, i think it has become political as well as personal. much more political and personal. >> she said raising cain, are -- you will the the gavel for the oversight committee and use that to raise the number of investigations especially of the clinton administration. what do...
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jim demint, one of three that did not vote last night. guest: i do not know if that means he was not here, or he abstained. i imagine he could not have voted to support this. host: donna, independent caller. caller: my concern is that i am basically lost in the cracks. i was a hard worker, paid my taxes, i had an accident, and now i have cancer. i get my medicare, but still i am having to pay for more insurance. my social security check went up, but i have to pay the high price of medical care because of the bills, and it is not fair because i can not get supplemental insurance to help me pay for my disease. i do not think it is fair enough to where i am lost in the crack, and i can barely make it. all of my money goes directly to medical costs. about i'm sorry to hear that, if a tragedy, but she points out the problem. when you go after 2% of the taxpayers and small businesses to fix the problems better on our shoulders, it is picking the winners and losers. it happens on the other end as well. when you say we will pay for unemployment i
jim demint, one of three that did not vote last night. guest: i do not know if that means he was not here, or he abstained. i imagine he could not have voted to support this. host: donna, independent caller. caller: my concern is that i am basically lost in the cracks. i was a hard worker, paid my taxes, i had an accident, and now i have cancer. i get my medicare, but still i am having to pay for more insurance. my social security check went up, but i have to pay the high price of medical care...